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It's Official! Minecraft Will Be Made Into A Movie

Hit video game Minecraft will be developed into a feature film and "The Lego Movie" producer Roy Lee is already attached.

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Warner Bros. Has Picked Up The Movie Rights To Minecraft, One Of The Biggest Video Games Currently Out There

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Following the continued success of the studio's The LEGO Movie, Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros. Pictures is looking at developing the hit video game Minecraft into a feature film.

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"The Lego Movie" Producer Roy Lee Is On Board To Produce The Live-Action Adaptation

Roy Lee, producer of "The Lego Movie".

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Roy Lee, one of the producers of mega-hit The Lego Movie, is on board to produce the live-action adaptation.

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Minecraft Creator Markus "Notch" Persson Revealed That He And Mojang, The Studio The 34-Year-Old Swedish Developer Formed To Manage The Title And Its Expansion, Are Working With Warner Bros. Pictures

Markus Persson tweets about Minecraft Movie.

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Persson has already confirmed that the tweet is no joke. "It's for real. I think every part of that tweet was real, including me wanting to be the one to spill the news about a potential movie," he told Polygon via e-mail.

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Beyond The Minecraft Movie, Mojang Hopes To Put Minecraft Out For Xbox One, PlayStation 4, And PlayStation Vita

Minecraft was created by Swedish programmer Markus Persson (who tweeted the news earlier today) and published by Mojang.

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Minecraft the game.

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Pocket Edition for iOS and Android have each sold more than 10 million copies, while more than 1 million copies have been downloaded on the PlayStation 3 since that version's December 2013 release.

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Just yesterday, Persson announced on Twitter that the original PC version of Minecraft has reached 100 million users, with 14.3 million of them being paid accounts.

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Minecraft Has Sold Over 35 Million Copies Across Platforms Like Xbox 360 And iOS Devices Since Being Introduced In 2009

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Minecraft, which just passed 100 million registered users, is officially described as "a game about breaking and placing blocks. At first, people built structures to protect against nocturnal monsters, but as the game grew players worked together to create wonderful, imaginative things."

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Mincraft has also sold 14 million units sold for PC.

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More Minecraft Creations In PHOTOS:

Minecraft Hand Shaped Island. August 30, 2013; Creations · Wheio.

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House by Yazur.

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The Fallen Colossi Survival Games *Render*.

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Yesn95 Level 42.

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Minecraftforum.net.

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